Kingswood-oxford Tops Westminster Behind Brown's 23

January 14, 1997|By Staff reports

Durelle Brown scored 11 of his game-high 23 points in the fourth quarter as Kingswood-Oxford of West Hartford defeated Westminster-Simsbury 71-62 in a boys prep school basketball game Monday in West Hartford.

Ben Little had 16 points for Kingswood (3-7), which made 24 of 29 free throws. John Phillips scored 18 for Westminster (0-8).

In other boys basketball games:

Avon 75, East Granby 43: Bill Peeples had 16 points and Matt Morrill added 15 to lead visiting Avon (5-1) over East Granby (2-5) in an NCCC game.

Ryan Mains added 11 points for Avon.

Tom Fryxell had 14 points for East Granby.

North Branford 54, Coginchaug-Durham 52: Craig Tracz (13 points) hit a 25-footer with 3 seconds left to turn a one-point deficit into a two-point Shoreline Conference victory as North Branford (7-3) defeated Coginchaug (4-3) in Durham.

Beth Szymanski (nine rebounds) and Meg Phelps (five assists) each scored six points for St. Paul, which led 24-17 at halftime and did not allow Northwest to get closer than three points.

Jill Carpenter led Northwest with 10 points.

Plainville 50, Middletown 40: Traci Pudelka scored 16 points, including 7 of 9 shooting from the free-throw line in the fourth quarter, to lead Plainville (5-5) past visiting Middletown (0-11) in an NWC game.

Joanna Klosek scored 10 points for Plainville, which outscored Middletown 20-3 in the second quarter to open a 27-13 halftime lead.

East Catholic-Manchester 55, Farmington 30: Kara Sullivan had 22 points and five assists as East Catholic (7-3) went on a 25-4 run in the third quarter and defeated visiting Farmington (5-4) in an NWC game.